Attachment for electric appliances.



H. W. DENHARD.

ATTACHMENT FOR ELECTRIC APPLIANCES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 190s.

J%31 97, Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

llhllTED STATIEg idfali ltthl T HARRY l/V. DENHARD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR T0 GEORGE E. KATZENSTEIN, .13., OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

ATTACHMENT FOB ELECTRIC APPLIANCES.

To all whom "it may concern:

lle it knowii that I, Haney W. DENHARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented new and useful improvements in Attachments for Electric Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to take t1? strain from terminal connections of electrical conductors, and I accomplish this in a. very simple and economical manner by the interposition of a rin or eye located in proximity to the terminals and held in place by the branching or diverging ends of the joined conductors.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown in Figure l a perspective of my invention, and in Fig. 2 an application of the invention.

As is Well known electrical conductors are usually arranged in pairs joined together by a suitable covering, the ends diverging, and provided with terminal pieces of various sorts adapted for connection with the device to which the current to be applied.

In the drawing the joined conductors are shown-at 2, and the separate coiuluctors at 3 4. They have attached to them the terminal pieces 56, of any suitable construction. At the juncture of the individual conductors with the twinconductor l locate an eyelet or ring 1, the single conductors simply passing around this ring which is made with a concave outer. periphery, and the single conductors are knotted as shown in the drawing, which is ordinarily suflicicnt to hold the Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Au gust 7, 1908.

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ring or eyelet in place. If desired however, and for-greater security the metal of the ring may be indented to grip the fabric of the conductors and prevent displacement. In order to prevent separation of the strands in rear of the ring, a band is clamped around the joined conductor at the point Where the individual strands branch oil. It will be seen, shown in Fig. 2, that in the use of the invention the. ring is simply placed around some rigid or permanent part, as the handle of the sad iron shown in Fig. 2 and the terminals then placed in connection with their socket pieces, and the result is that any strain upon the attachment cord istaken up by the ring and the terminals are freeiroin all strain. There 15 no wearing or chafing of the cord, and as the ring presents a perfectly smooth surface to the cords, all possi-' bility of the cord tearing or cutting on the ring is eliminated. What I claim is In combination with a twin conductor, a V

ring or eyelet secured at the point Where the individual conductors diverge or separate from the twin, a retaining band in rear of the ring, the ring being secured in place by the individual conductors, substantially as described.

in testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses this 29th day of July 1908.

liARRYlV. DENHARD. Witnesses FRANK L. GWEN, A. DIXON. 

